John 7:43
A division therefore arose among the multitude because of him.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44And some of them desired to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:35For I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her mother-in-law;
John 7:12And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said: He is a good man; others said: Nay, but he misleads the multitude.
John 10:19Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
Acts 23:7And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.
Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45
The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →